PPI Up 1.7% In September
10 October 2008
Producer prices were up 1.7% mom, down slightly, leading to a yoy figure of 10.7%, down a notch from 10.9% August. Alexander Viktorov: The main PPI driver was the utility sector (+6.3%) following the jump in gas and electricity tariffs. In addition, the growth in prices from the metals (1%) and mining (1.4%) sectors also pushed up PPI.
